Tentatively higher from an earlier low of 1.3481, USD/CAD is up to 1.35 today, adding 16 pips, or 0.13%, to yesterday's closing price of 1.3484.
United States's Non Farm Payrolls new data released of 236,000 below its previous figure.
US Dollar-Canadian Dollar upside coincides with further encouraging market factors as Canada Employment Change came out at 34,700, better than analyst estimates of 12,000 and improving upon the previous reading of 21,800. Highly important Non Farm Payrolls data from United States beat analyst expectations of 239,000 with a reading of 236,000.
At the same time, Canada Ivey PMI (Mar) released yesterday at 14:00 UTC with a figure of 58.2, while the previous figure was 51.6.
Elsewhere, other currency pairs are also gaining ground as USD/JPY is up 0.3%. EUR/JPY gained 0.24% and is now trading at 144.1.
While US Dollar-Canadian Dollar is up today, these currencies are lagging behind: GBP/NZD closed at 1.987 (down 0.24%).
Having set a significant low of 1.1321 4 months ago, US Dollar-Canadian Dollar is trading 19.1% higher.